Summary
¥We can track intrusions of LSW into the Slope Sea using satellite-derived SST.
¥Low correlation and significance levels suggest that other mechanisms besides climate-related variability of surface forcing from wind magnitude and net heatflux related to the NAO are important in the shelf-slope region of the western North Atlantic ocean.
¥Evidence points  to other mechanisms that may include horizontal advection and vertical mixing and may play a large role in controlling IAV of SST.
¥Influence of position of the Gulfstream onto offshore seasurface temperature varies along the western North Atlantic shelf and slope; maybe indicating co-variation between the polar and subpolar gyres.